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Race `Panties in a Wad` in Gwinnett

I was going to let this one go, but I can’t. Let me state it simply– just because the white guy talks about blacks doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s talking bad about blacks.

In yet another example of racial hypersensitivity, some parents and the head of the Gwinnett NAACP are calling for the resignation of Gwinnett County School Superintendent Alvin Wilbanks for a comment that he made last month during a public meeting about the disproportionate discipline of minority students in Gwinnett. As reported in the AJC:

The comments in question occurred last week during a presentation about the disproportionate discipline of minority students in Gwinnett. An administrator said the issue is a problem for school districts nationwide, except for Idaho, according to a study. Wilbanks then asked the administrator, James Taylor, executive director of the department of academic support:

“Do they have any blacks in Idaho? They don’t have many.”

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